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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} SSD instead of RAID1?
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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>> I read on this list that the kernel needs *some* swap, even just a
>> tiny amount, to function properly. =A0Is that true? =A0If so, do you thi=
nk
>> it would be OK to put this tiny amount of swap on a cheap SSD?
>
> I have no swap and things work just fine. (8 gigs of RAM)
>
> Obviously, running without swap increases the chances of you running
> out of memory, but that has never happened to me.
I've been setting up all of my systems according to this, creating a
512MB swap partition:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=3D1&chap=3D4
If I have 4GB RAM, all I'm accomplishing with swap is increasing this
to 4.5GB? If my system requires 4.6GB at some point, I'm in the same
position I would be in if I had no swap and 4.1GB requirement?
- Grant